The VC Corner 📰 #13

Y Combinator’s Latest Request for Startups, Selecting the right product metrics, Decoding the SaaS IPO Landscape, and more!

Feb 18, 2024

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Top Headlines 🚨

Y Combinator’s Latest Request for Startups 💡 [Y Combinator]
OpenAI hits $2 bln revenue milestone 🎉 [Reuters]
Wish’s deep discount sale to Singapore’s Qoo10 ramps up competition for Temu and Shein 🛍️ [CNBC]
Bolt Built $11 Billion Payment Business on Inflated Metrics and Eager Investors 💳 [The New York Times]
Bending Spoons Raising $155M at a $2.55 Billion Post-Money Valuation 💰 [FINSMES]
Mexico’s Tiendas 3B US IPO Boosted to as Much as $589 Million 📈 [Bloomberg]

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In-Depth Insights 🔍

From Idea to Integration: Four Steps for Founders Integrating AI 🔗 [Charles Moldow, Nico Stainfeld, foundation capital]
Selecting the right product metrics (KPIs) 📊 [Jason Cohen]

My favorite decision-making frameworks - Templates and guides to help you make better decisions with less drama ⚖️ [Lenny Rachitsky]
The power of investor updates 📬 [Tyler Denk]
Recap 2023 – B2B SaaS Marketing & Revenue Benchmarks 📊 [Hockeystack, Caberk Beker]

Nuances of the referral program - Limiting factors, optimization, fraudsters and multi-user features to drive up the referral motion in a product 🔄 [Ross Nazarenko]
Don’t Mortgage Your Startup 🏠 [TechCrunch]
Sam Altman owns OpenAI's venture capital fund 🤖 [Axios]